Poultry house



C. W. BARNEY July 25, 1933.

POULTRY HOUSE 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed sept. 14, 1 931 Clayn/ m. ATToRNEvJuly 25, 1933- c. w. BARNEY 1,920,051

POULTRY HOUSE Filed Sept. 14, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Clago/z/ War/zeyATTORNEY Patented `uly 25, `1933 Lenen "riarcritic CLAYTON w. BARNEY, orCLINTON, wAsnrNeroN POULTRY HOUSE v Application filed September 14,1931. Serialk No. 562,790.

My'present inventionhas reference toa new vand novel construction .ofypoultry houses, and in` carrying out my invention l y it is myk purposeto yproduce a poultry house which is e'ectively ventilatedl in order toyprevent the fowlscatching cold, developing roup, bronchitis, etc.7 andwhereby such ventilationy will .retain the litter on the scratch- Iingyfloor in a dry condition and further wherein the droppings fromthe fowlson the nest are directed toI a compartmenty erf terior of the housing,and thereby insuring aclean and sanitary poultry house. y

Tothe 'attainment `of the foregoing the inventionconsists intheimprovement hereafter described and definitelyl claimed.

In the drawings: Figure lis a front elevation of a `henhouse inaccordance with this invention. n

Figure 2 isa Asectional view approximately on the line 2+2 of Figure 3.v

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view approximately on the 'lineSI-SofFigure 1.

Figure l is a detail sectional view to illustrate the arrangement of thenests.

Figure 5 is a sectionalview approximately on the line 5-5 of Figure 1. y

1 Figure 6 isa sectional view 4 approximately on the line 6-6 ofFigurel. l The poultry house proper may be con structed of any desiredymaterial and in the drawings is indicated by the numeral 1. The houselphas a slanted roof 2 `which is inclined from its front to itsrear andwhich projects beyondits sides, its front andmits rear in order toeffectively shed wat-er from the house. The roof, beyondV theV front ofthe house is inclined downwardly, as vat 3,

-to afford a'water shed for the front of the' Ahouse.v The house maybeerected upon a cement', wood ondirt floor and kon this lloor there is.arranged. the scratch litter. Of course the house may be of., anvdesired size to contain any desired number of fowls. and

' the fowls will Abe effectively exercised `in scratching and'piclringthe food from the scratch litter. The house has its sides providedV withany desired number of openings closed byglazedglalss or curtains sovthat'A a proper amount of sunlight is admitted into the house and the houseis also provided, preferably at one or both of its sides with anentrance opening that is normally-closed by a hinged and latched door.

There .maybe arranged along the sides and rear of the house nests. Eachnest com-v prises a substantially rectangular body .portion 5 that hasits inner end received through an yopening and secured to the wallsprovided by such opening. The inner or entrance ends to the' nests maybe closed by doors 6 which are hinged to the top of the nestbodies andythese doors are swung to open positions; by iierrbileelements Sithat areattachedto keepersv 9 either on the interior 65 or exterior of the henhouse. Thetop wall of each nest isconstructed'to form a-door openingnormally closed by a hinged door 10 which may be opened from theexterior i of,i the housing whereby eggs may be removed from the nest orstraw and the like maybe properly arranged. Each nest isy provided witha partly open bottom that is closed by a door 11 and each door issecured tothe front of the nest byaylatch 12. l The latch isk in thenature o f a hook that engages with aj screw eye 18, and by swinging thehook out lof the eye kthe bottoni 11 ofthe nest may be swung downwardlyso that any litter which mayhave accumulated in the nest may be -removedtherefrom together with the straw bedding and other bedding arranged inthe nest when` the bottom 11 is closed andthe top door 10 is opened.

Built on the front of the house 1 and 85 forming a `part thereof thereis an extension 14 that has a downwardly inclined roof 15 which projectsbeyond the front and be-v yond the sides of the said extension 3. Theextension ltis divided by a horizontally supported mesh plate 16 into anupper roost compartment 17 and into a lower dropping receivingcompartment 18. The roost compartment is open to the poultry house butthev compartment 18 is closed therefrom by a .suitable wallv'orpartition 19. The wall 19 comprises equidistantly spaced vertical stripswhich are nailed to the beads that comprise the lower wall or sill thatdivides the roost compartment 17 from the poultry house proper and tothese strips there is i nailed or tacked a The outer face oftheextension 14, in a line with thecompartment 18 is provided with arectangular opening of a length almost equaling that of the saidextension 14 and in this' opening there is arranged and fixed a frame24. Removably fixed infthe frame 24, at the portion thereof that is'received in the compartment 18, therev is frame or strips for aventilator 25. The ventilator is in the nature of a wire mesh.r Alsoreceived in the frame 24 there is a door 26. Hinges 27 connect'the doorto the top of'tlie'frame The door is'panelechand the` panel therefor mayand preferably is in the nature of a closely wound curtainor like Ufabric.

The door -is provided adjacent to its lower end with screw eyes 2Srthatare designed'to be engaged by-liooks29- suspended from itlie outerfaceof the `extension 14 when the door isto be swung 'to open position,as disclosed lby Figure 3 ofthe drawings. q

Thefront of tlieliouse1,fabove the roof 15 of the extension 14 has atransverse substantially rectangular opening therethrough in which isarranged `a frame 30 whose inner face `is covered by a ventilator screeny31. The frame 80 also receives therein a door 32 which is hinged to thetop of the plate. To the lower end of the door there is secured a pair`of spaced screw eyes 33 to each of which-.there is'connectedla cord orcable 34and the" said cords or cables arel trained over sheave wheels 35suspended from the joists that support the extension 3 for the roof 2.If desired, and as disclosed by the drawings the cords or cables may be`passed through openings in the fr ont of the house 1 and. may be trainedover i other sheave wheels 36 supportedl from'the roof joists in thehouse and havetheir ends wound around vclips 37 secured on the ver-ktical studs on the inside of the house. By adjusting the cords or cablesthe door `32 may be arranged 'at desired inclinations to either cover orpartly uncover the ventilating screen 31. Of course, the cords `orcables mayl be operated from the exterior of the henliouse if desired,in which instance the ends thereof are wound around clips on the sidesof the extension 14 oi' on'the sides of the house. l

With my improvement it will be apparent that the droppings `from thefowls will pass throughthe open mesh 16 and will be directed on throughthe door of the compartment 1,8. It will be further apparent that whenthe doors 26 and 32 are opened that outside air will becirculatedentirely through the henhouse, including the nests and 'theroost compartment. The advantage of the nest construction has heretoforebeen set forth and it will be apparent that withv my improvedconstruction the house is rendered sanitary and is ventilated -in amanner that will prevent the fowls from` catching cold, and fromdeveloping roup,` bronchitis or like' diseases common to fowls.

While I have herein set forth a satisfactory embodiment of my improveddevice,

my'features of invention are capable of eX- tended application and I donotwish to be restricted lto the precise structure herein `shown anddescribed,l and, therefore, hold myself entitled to make such changestherefrom as fairly fallwithin the scopeof what I claim. y

Having described theinvention, I claim: 1. A poultry ,-house having anextension at" the front thereof provided with an in-y .hinged door forcovering orvuncovering the opening, a screened opening in the front ofthe poultry house above the extension', and

a hinged door lfor covering, uncovering or' partly uncovering `saidopening.

2. A poultry housev having its angle rooff v extendingpartly over thefront thereof and its` said front provided with an extension that has adownwardlyA inclined roof, a horivz'oiital open mesh plate dividing theeXtension into an upperroost compartment and into a lower droppingcompartment, a roost in the upper compartment, a partition dividing thelower compartmentfrom tliepoultry house, and said lower compartmenthaving its outer face formed with a rectangular opening, a frame in saidopening, a ventilating screen in the frame, a door l'iinged to the topof the frame, and swingable thereinto and likewise swingable against theouter face of the extension, means for latching the door initslast namedposition, the front of the house, above the extension having arectangular opening therethrough and a screened opening in Ithe outerface of the. l

dropping compartment, a hinged door for covering or uncovering' theopening, a

yscreened opening in the front of the poultry house above theextension', a hinged door for covering, uncovering or partly uncoveringsaid opening, roosts in the roost ycompartment, comprising spaced pairsof rods suspended from thev top thereof and having hooked ends, notchedhars received in said hooked ends and rods received in the notches ofthe bars, v

CLAYTON W. BARNEY.

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